Bea Benaderet
Known for Acting · 112 credits
- Born
- 1906-04-04
- Died
- 1968-10-13
- Place of birth
- New York, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Bee Benadaret · Bea Benadaret · Beatrice Benaderet
Biography
Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley, supporting roles as Blanche Morton in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and as the voice of Betty Rubble during the first four seasons of The Flintstones, and in The Beverly Hillbillies as Pearl Bodine. She did a great deal of voice work in Warner Bros. animated cartoons of the 1940s/50s.
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Matinee Theater
1955
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Cousin Pearl Bodine / Operator /Supervisor (uncredited)
The Flintstones
1960
as Betty Rubble (voice)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Blanche Morton
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Kate Bradley
I Love Lucy
1951
as Miss Lewis
Green Acres
1965
as Kate Bradley
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Mary Field
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Jetsons
1962
as Emily Scopes / Celeste Skyler (voice)
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Blanche Morton / Dixie Yates
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Telephone Operator (voice)
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Gertrude Gearshift / Peggy
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Restless Gun
1957
as Madame Brimstone
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Woman
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Sybil Murdock
Peter Loves Mary
1960
as Wilma
The New Breed
1961
as Miss Horne
Top Cat
1961
as Mrs. Ball (voice) / Julie / Mom (voice) / Fancy's Girlfriend (voice) / Fifi The Maid (voice) / Girl Cat / Receptionist (voice)
The George Burns Show
1958
as Blanche Morton
The Bugs Bunny Show
1983
as Nanny
General Electric Theater
1953
as Marie
Movies (88)
Black Widow
1954
as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
Notorious
1946
as File Clerk (uncredited)
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
1981
as Granny (voice)
Goofy Groceries
1941
as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Censored
1944
as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
On the Town
1949
as Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Brother Brat
1944
as Baby Butch's Mom
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
1982
as Witch Hazel (voice)
Hare Force
1944
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Tender Is the Night
1962
as Mrs. McKisco
Baseball Bugs
1946
as The Statue of Liberty (voice) (uncredited)
Kiss Me Cat
1953
as Vi (voice)
Swooner Crooner
1944
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
1940
as Crimson O'Hairoil (voice) (uncredited)
Ain't She Tweet
1952
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
1944
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Terrier-Stricken
1952
as Frisky's Mistress (voice)
Doggone Cats
1947
as Dog's owner (voice)
Pigs in a Polka
1943
as Second Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
1945
as Lou (voice) (uncredited)
Tweet Dreams
1959
as Various (voice)
Putty Tat Trouble
1951
as Ladies letting cats out (voice) (uncredited)
The Cats Bah
1954
as Penelope's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Kit for Cat
1948
as Beatrice (voice) (uncredited)
The Windblown Hare
1949
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Hare Trimmed
1953
as Granny (voice)
Doggone Tired
1949
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Room and Bird
1951
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
1950
as The Fair Melissa (voice)
The Bear's Tale
1940
as Mama Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Tweetie Pie
1947
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Canary Row
1950
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
For Scent-imental Reasons
1949
as Cat
Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
The History of Hooterville
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Bewitched Bunny
1954
as Witch Hazel / Gretel / Pretty Rabbit (voice) (uncredited)
The Hep Cat
1942
as Bird
It's Murder She Says...
1945
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Bear Feat
1949
as Ma Bear
Tweety's S.O.S.
1951
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
A Mouse Divided
1953
as Mrs. Sylvester / Female Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Scent-imental Over You
1947
as Narrator / Chihuahua (voice) (uncredited)
Book Revue
1946
as Bobby-Soxer / Lady on 'Freckles' Cover / Various Screams (voice)
Puss n' Booty
1943
as Woman (voice)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
1944
as Additional Characterizations
A Midsummer Daydream
1955
as Woman
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
1949
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
Gift Wrapped
1952
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Lovelorn Leghorn
1951
as Miss Prissy / Hazel / Hens (voice)
A Gruesome Twosome
1945
as Girl Cat
Orange Blossoms for Violet
1952
as Violet (voice) (uncredited)
Chow Hound
1951
as Pet Owner
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
1947
as Lola Beverly (voice) (uncredited)
The Weakly Reporter
1944
as Lady Buying Steak, Saleslady, Narrator, Cabbie, Lady with Bottle
Feed the Kitty
1952
as Marc Anthony's Owner (voice) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
2010
as Granny (voice)(archive footage)
Yankee Doodle Bugs
1954
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
The First Time
1952
as Mrs. Potter
Goo Goo Goliath
1954
as Ethel (voice) (uncredited)
A Corny Concerto
1943
as Screams (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Tom Tomcat
1953
as Granny (voice)
Fowl Weather
1953
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
1991
as Marc Anthony's Mistress (voice)
Cross Country Detours
1940
as Deer / Little Girl / Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
1953
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
A Bear for Punishment
1951
as Ma Bear (voice) (uncredited)
An Egg Scramble
1950
as Miss Prissy / Hens / Housewife (voice)
I Taw a Putty Tat
1948
as Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959
as Ella Heather
Two's a Crowd
1950
as (voice)
All a Bir-r-r-d
1950
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Kiddin' the Kitten
1952
as Dodsworth's Mistress (voice) (uncredited)
Feather Dusted
1955
as Miss Prissy (voice)
Little Red Rodent Hood
1952
as Granny Mouse (voice)
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
as Betty Rubble (voice - archive footage)
Hiss and Make Up
1943
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Quentin Quail
1946
as Baby Toots (voice)
Punch Trunk
1953
as Marsha, Delores
A Hick, a Slick and a Chick
1948
as Daisy Lou (voice)
Hollywood Canine Canteen
1946
as Female dog voices
Snow Business
1953
as Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Sandy Claws
1955
as Granny
Of Rice and Hen
1953
as Miss Prissy (voice)
Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home
1948
as Turtle / Kangaroo (voice)
Hare We Go
1951
as Queen Isabella (voice) (uncredited)
Wild Wife
1954
as Marsha, Daughter, Old Women with pennies, Beautician
The Hole Idea
1955
as Gertrude
Fresh Laid Plans
1951
About Bea Benaderet
Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet was an American actress born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, California. She appeared in a wide variety of television work, which included a starring role in the 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and Green Acres as Shady Rest Hotel owner Kate Bradley, supporting roles as Blanche Morton in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and as the voice of Betty Rubble during the first four seasons of The Flintstones, and in The Beverly Hillbillies as Pearl Bodine. She did a great deal of voice work in War… With 112 credits spanning from 1940 to 2010, Bea Benaderet has appeared in 88 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bea Benaderet Movies
- Black Widow (1954) — as Mrs. Franklin Walsh (uncredited)
- Notorious (1946) — as File Clerk (uncredited)
- The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981) — as Granny (voice)
- Goofy Groceries (1941) — as Cow / Can Can Dancers / Gorilla's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
- Censored (1944) — as Sally Lou (voice) (uncredited)
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